Entrance into the Kojak Pass from Parush
lithograph, tinted, print
Accession Number
NAM.1971-02-33-481-10
Description
Entrance into the Kojak Pass from Parush. Tinted lithograph from bound volume of 26 tinted lithographs, 'Sketches in Afghanistan', 1838-1842. By Louis and Charles Haghe after James Atkinson, published by Henry Graves and Company and J W Allen and Company, 1 Jul 1842. On its way to Afghanistan the British Army of the Indus crossed the Khojak Pass. Located between Quetta and Chaman on the route to Kandahar, the pass was over 7000-feet tall at its highest point and about five miles long. Atkinson (1780-1852) accompanied the force as Superintending Surgeon.
Campaigns
1st Afghan War (1838-1842)



